US Navy identifies pilot killed in plane crash

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The U.S. Navy has named the pilot killed in a plane crash near Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Friday.

Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, N.Y., died when the light attack aircraft he was flying crashed over the Red Rio Bombing Range, which lies within the White Sands Missile Range, according to a statement released by the Navy.

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